Bhagavad-gītā As It Is • Ch 17

TEXT 18

The Divisions of Faith

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् ।

क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ॥१८॥

satkāra-māna-pūjārthaṁ tapo dambhena caiva yat kriyate tad iha proktaṁ rājasaṁ calam adhruvam

Synonymsशब्दार्थ• Word-for-Word Analysis• प्रत्येक शब्द का अर्थ

satkāra — respect; māna — honor; pūjā-artham — for worship; tapaḥ — austerity; dambhena — with pride; ca — also; eva — certainly; yat — which is; kriyate — performed; tat — that; iha — in this world; proktam — is said; rājasam — in the mode of passion; calam — flickering; adhruvam — temporary.

सत्-कार — आदर; मान — सम्मान; पूजा — तथा पूजा; अर्थम् — के लिए; तपः — तपस्या; दम्भेन — घमंड से; च — भी; एव — निश्चय ही; यत् — जो; क्रियते — किया जाता है; तत् — वह; इह — इस संसार में; प्रोक्तम् — कहा जाता है; राजसम् — रजो गुणी; चलम् — चलायमान; अध्रुवम् — क्षणिक.

Translationअनुवाद

Those ostentatious penances and austerities which are performed in order to gain respect, honor and reverence are said to be in the mode of passion. They are neither stable nor permanent.

जो तपस्या दंभपूर्वक तथा सम्मान, सत्कार एवं पूजा कराने के लिए सम्पन्न की जाती है, वह राजसी (रजोगुणी) कहलाती है । यह न तो स्थायी होती है न शाश्र्वत ।

Purportतात्पर्य

Sometimes penance and austerity are executed to attract people and receive honor, respect and worship from others. Persons in the mode of passion arrange to be worshiped by subordinates and let them wash their feet and offer riches. Such arrangements artificially made by the performance of penances are considered to be in the mode of passion. The results are temporary; they can be continued for some time, but they are not permanent.

कभी-कभी तपस्या इसलिए की जाती है कि लोग आकर्षित हों तथ उनसे सत्कार, सम्मान तथा पूजा मिल सके । रजोगुणी लोग अपने अधीनस्थों से पूजा करवाते हैं और उनसे चरण धुलवाकर धन चढ़वाते हैं । तपस्या करने के बहाने ऐसे कृत्रिम आयोजन राजसी माने जाते हैं । इनके फल क्षणिक होते हैं, वे कुछ समय तक रहते हैं । वे कभी स्थायी नहीं होते ।